The church of Our Lady and St. Benedict, Birchington-on-Sea
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The church of Our Lady and St. Benedict, Birchington-on-Sea
Image: © pam fray Taken: 7 Feb 2022
In March 1908 a plot of land with a cart shed on it was purchased and the shed was adapted to serve as a church; this continued in existence until the 1950s. In 1964 Fr Wilfrid Emery was appointed parish priest with an instruction to build a new church. Using mainly local labour he gradually replaced the old building with a new and taller church in a Romanesque style, possibly to his own design. The sanctuary was finished in 1954, the nave in 1958 and the tower in 1960.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.37674
Longitude
1.298063